INTELLIGENT OVERLOAD PROTECTION IN SIGNALING PROCEDURE SCENARIOS IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

Techniques for improving the stability and/or performance of a communication system, the method comprising the following steps executed by a network element:assessing a current data load of a communication network and/or of the network element and/or of a further network element;receiving a signaling message by a communication interface of the network element;analyzing a message type of the signaling message and determining if the message type is a first type of message and/or a last type message;handing over the current data load and the message type to a filtering algorithm, wherein the filtering algorithm is configured to apply at least the following rule:* if the current data load is above a first threshold, wherein the first threshold is below a capacity threshold of communication network and/or of the network element and/or of a further network element, and if the message type is a first type of message, then drop the first type message or delay the forwarding of the first type message for further processing;or* if the current data load is above a first threshold, wherein the first threshold is below a capacity threshold of the communication network and/or of the network element and/or of a further network element, and if the message type is a last type of message, then forward the last type message for further processing.